The Pugsley Medal was created by

Cornelius Amory Pugsley Cornelius Amory Pugsley Sr. (July 17, 1850 – September 10, 1936) was the Democratic Congressman from New York's 16th congressional district from 1901 to 1903. He was also President of the New York State Bankers Association in 1913. He crea ...

in 1928. The award honors champions of parks and conservation. Responsibility for selecting the recipients has shifted from the

American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society was created in 1895 as New York’s first organized preservation lobby. The Society operated as a national organization to protect the natural scenery and the preservation of historic landmark ...

to the

National Park Foundation The National Park Foundation (NPF) is the official charity of the National Park Service (NPS) and its national park sites. The NPF was chartered by Congress in 1967 with a charge to "further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scientif ...

, and most recently to th
American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration
Until 1952 there was a gold, silver, and bronze award, and in 1953 it was switched to national, state, and local.

Pugsley Medal winners

*1928

Stephen T. Mather Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930) was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a million ...

, the first director of the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

, gold medal *1928

Duncan McDuffie Duncan McDuffie (September 24, 1877 – 1951) was a real estate developer, conservationist, and mountaineer based in Berkeley, California, United States. Developer McDuffie is best known for developing the Claremont and Northbrae neighbo ...

, silver medal *1929

Mary Williamson Averell Mary Williamson Averell Harriman (July 22, 1851 – November 7, 1932) was an American philanthropist and the wife of railroad executive E. H. Harriman. Born in New York to a successful family, Averell married Harriman in 1879. Averell's father i ...

, gold medal *1929

Nathaniel Lord Britton Nathaniel Lord Britton (January 15, 1859 – June 25, 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York (state), New York. Early life Britton was born in New Dorp, Staten Island, New ...

, silver medal *1931

Richard Lieber Richard Lieber (September 5, 1869 – April 15, 1944) was a German-American businessman who became the father of the Indiana state parks system. At his death, he could be considered the most powerful spokesman in the United States for the co ...

, gold medal *1932

Peter Norbeck Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...

, silver medal *1935 John Hayes McLaren, silver medal *1936

Robert Moses Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded ...

, gold medal *1937

J. Horace McFarland J. Horace McFarland (1859–1948) from McAlisterville, Pennsylvania was a leading proponent of the "City Beautiful Movement" in the United States. Life McFarland was the son of Union Civil War colonel George F. McFarland. He lived and worked mo ...

, gold medal *1938

Arno B. Cammerer Arno Berthold Cammerer (July 31, 1883 – April 30, 1941) was the third director of the U.S. National Park Service. Early life Cammerer was born in Arapahoe, Nebraska, in 1883. He was the son of a Lutheran pastor and his wife.

, gold medal *1940

Newton B. Drury Newton Bishop Drury (April 9, 1889 – December 14, 1978) was the fourth director of the American National Park Service and the executive director of the Save the Redwoods League. Early life Newton was born in 1889 in San Francisco, California. ...

, silver medal *1942

Harold L. Ickes Harold LeClair Ickes ( ; March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 13 years from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold th ...

, gold medal *1942

Harlean James Harlean James (1877–1969) was the executive secretary of the American Planning and Civic Association, executive secretary of the National Conference on State Parks. She advocated for the expansion of parks in the United States and was award ...

, bronze medal *1947

Conrad L. Wirth Conrad Louis Wirth (December 1, 1899 – July 25, 1993) was an American landscape architect, conservationist, and park service administrator. He served as the director of the National Park Service (NPS) between 1951 and 1964. Wirth was born in ...

, gold medal *1947

Thomas J. Allen Thomas J. Allen (1931–2020) was the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a ...

, silver medal *1948

Percival Proctor Baxter Percival Proctor Baxter (November 22, 1876 – June 12, 1969) was an American politician and philanthropist from Maine. The son of canning magnate and Portland, Maine mayor James Phinney Baxter, he served as the 53rd Governor of the U.S. state ...

, gold medal *1949

Waldo Leland Waldo Gifford Leland (July 17, 1879 in Newton, Massachusetts – October 19, 1966) was an American historian and archivist whose work for the Carnegie Institution and the Library of Congress was instrumental in the founding of the National Archive ...

, gold medal *1950

, gold medal *1952

, gold medal *1953

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (July 24, 1870 – December 25, 1957) was an American landscape architect and city planner known for his wildlife conservation efforts. He had a lifetime commitment to national parks, and worked on projects in Acadia, t ...

, gold medal *1954 Harold C. Bryant, national award *1954 Russell Reid, silver award *1955

Loring McMillen Loring McMillen (March 10, 1906 – March 19, 1991) was Staten Island's official historian who preserved the works of Alice Austen and worked to restore Historic Richmond Town. Biography He was born in Staten Island on March 10, 1906. He ...

, local award *1956

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of the ''National Geographic'' magazine (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconi ...

, national award *1959

Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in ...

, national award *1962 Allen T. Edmunds, gold award *1962 Charles Alvin DeTurk, silver award *1962 Frank G. McInnis, bronze award *1963

, national award *1965 Harold P. Fabian, gold award *1965 U.W. Hella, silver award *1965 Daniel L. Flaherty, bronze award *1982 John A. Townsley, *1991 Denis P. Galvin, national award *2006 Bill Lane

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Pugsley Medal Recipients 1928 – 1964Winners of the Honorable Cornelius Amory Pugsley Awards
American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration Environmental awards American awards Awards established in 1928 Parks in the United States 1928 establishments in the United States

Pugsley Medal winners

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